Green to Blue to Red

These green eyes have seen an awful lot

Somethings I really wished I had not

I have born witness to times that were of the best

While other events truly put me to the test

I tell my students that no new technical find

Can ever replace the wonders or the power of their mind

Kids can't spell and are struggling to read

Corporations peddle the latest "best way" not for the benefit of the child, but for their own greed

They tell you; you cannot fail a child you must move them on

what happens when they become grown and they face the world in a whole new dawn

By this practice they are being set up for failure by just pushing them on to the next grade

For those children I am heartbroken and truly very afraid.

Back in my day if I failed that was my score

It is certainly not like that anymore

Teachers are not there just to collect a check

We care and trust me we feel as if we are on a ship that is certainly bound to wreck.

Our system is in trouble

Left to this we will be fighting to dig out of the unjust rubble

Educators are fleeing a broken system

We want change and accountability is their anthem.

These eyes of green have turned and began to fade

to that of another shade

from green to blue to red

what ever the color tears are shed